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Specification of Letters Patent.

WILLIAM H. JOHNSON, OF WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Patented Mar. 4, 11919.

Application filed February 5, 1918. Serial No. 215,446.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at itman, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Forming Nails, Brads, and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for forming nails, brads and the like and more especially nails known as cut nails. Heretofore in cut nail machines the strips from which the nails were formed were fed one at a time to a pair of cutters which severed a small portion from the strip by cutting transversely thereof and at an angle to the strip, after which the strip Was turned completely over and again advanced and the same cutters severed another section from the strip, this severed section having equally tapered sides which formed thenail. This method of cutting nails is necessarily slow, owing to the necessity of turning the strip each time.

The object of the present invention is to provide a rapid nail forming machine which overcomes the objections hereinbefore recited and consequently saves a large amount of time and permits the machine to be operated at a fair rate of speed and at the same time greatly increases the production of nails.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved cutter operating device.

Still another object of the invention is to provide improved means for positioning the strip with relation to thecutters.

Still another object of the invention is to provide means for supporting the strips and for automatically ejecting said strips, from which the nails are out, when the strips have become too short to be handled by said machine.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following speoification and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine embodying my invention. 7

Fig. 2 is asection taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the machine.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken substan- Fig. 7 is a plan view of the right hand half of the machine with the strip holding means removed.

ig. 8 is a detail side elevation of the yielding strip positioning device.

1g. 9 1s a detail side elevation of the unylelding strip positioning device.

F 1g. 10 is a detail sectional view taken through the lower portion of the strip holdng member, illustrating the strip supportmg device and the bracket therefor, said section being taken on the line 10-10 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 11 is a detail vertical section through one si e of the strip holding member taken on the line 1111 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 12 is a detail plan View of a portion of the rim of said strip holding member.

Fig. 13 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 1313 of Fig. 3.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 1 and 2 are the main frames of. the machine which support the several mechanisms thereof. The frames 1 and 2 are adapted to support bed pieces 3 and 4 which rest upon the tops of said distance apart. The frames 1 and 2 are also separated by a pair of cross frames 5 and 6 arranged beneath said bed pieces.

Superimposed on the frames 1 and 2 is a revolving member 7 with its axis disposed nearly perpendicular or at a slight angle to a vertical plane. This revolving member preferably embodies in its construction an inner substantially cylindrical shell 8 having a plurality of longitudinal grooves 9 formed in the outer face thereof, each adapted to receive a separator 10 which includes a projecting portion 11 adapted to lie against the outer periphery of the inner shell 8 and these pro ecting portions cooperate to form slots 12 which contain the strips 13 of the material from which the nails are formed.

The strips 13 are likely to vary in width for different lengths of nails and in consequenoe of this and to adapt the machine to extend through the removal or insertion of .3 and 4.

for the purpose the forming of different lengths of nails the separators 10 are detachably mounted in the grooves 9 so that they may be removed when it is necessary to change the width of the slots 12.

To retain the separators 10 in their respective grooves a second shell 14: is secured to the inner shell 8 against said separator and said outer shell retains the strips within their respective slots. The outer shell is preferably secured to the inner shell at a plurality of points in its circumference, which points are at the lower ends of said shells. In the present instance preferably four supporting elements, consisting of fillers 16, see Fig. 11, are arranged at the lower end of certain of the grooves 9 and screws 17 the outer shell 1a through said fillers 16 and into said inner shell 8.

The separators 10 are arranged to slide into their respective grooves from the upper ends of said shell and each of these separators is preferably slotted to straddle the fillers 16 so that they may be interchangeable in the grooves 9. Pins 18 are preferably attached to the upper end of said separators and project inwardly therefrom through recesses 19 made at shell 8, so as to permit said separators to be inserted flush with the upper end of said shell.

The pins 18 extend inwardly beyond the inner face of said inner shell and assist in said separators in their respective grooves. These pins, together with the fillers 16, also serve as stops to prevent said separators from being mserted too far between the inner and outer shells.

The revolving member 7 is mounted upon an adjustable support hich permits the angle of the axis thereof to be varied slightly accomplish this result an annular rim 20 is secured to the outer shell 14 at a substantial distance from the lower end thereof and this rim is adapted to fit an annular track 21 provided with oppositely disposed supporting lugs 22, 22 which lugs are slotted at 23 to receive screws 24 which secure said lugs against the inner portions of the bed pieces reason of the slots 23, said annular track may be tilted to vary the angle of the axisof said revolving member, as aforesaid. Disposed beneath the revolving member 7 is an annular support 25 which is placed directly beneath the lower ends of the slots 12 and is adapted to be engaged by the strips 13 and to support said strips within said revolving member.

The support 25 is preferably stationary as regards circumferential movement, although said support is preferably secured to a ring 26 encircling the lower end of the revolving the upper end of the inner hereinafter set forth, and to,

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member 7 and this ring has a plurality of lugs 27 which extend upwardly and over an annular member 28 attached to the outer shell 14:. When in its operating position, the support 25 rests upon a plurality of adjustable brackets 29 secured to angle brackets 30 by screws 31 through slots 32, and said brackets 30 are, in turn, secured to the upper edges of the side frames 1 and 2 by screws 33 and these screws are arranged in slots 34 formed in said angle brackets.

Formed in the under face of the support 25 are recesses 35 arranged to receive pins 36 on the brackets 29, which pins prevent the revolving of said support 25 with the revolving member 7. An intermittent revolving movement is imparted to the revolving member 7 by means including an annular internal intermittent gear 37 secured to the inner shell 8 near the lower end thereof .which is engaged by an intermittent pinion 38 secured to a shaft 39 which, in turn, is adjustably secured to a shaft ill by means of a screw 41, thus permitting an axial adjustment of said shaft 39 relatively to the shaft 40.

The shaft 40 is, in turn, rotate in an adjustable bearing 4-2 secured by screws L3 to a portion of the side frame 2. The shaft 40 is connected by a universal joint 44 with a shaft 45 journaled to rotate in a bearing 4:6 also secured to the frame 2. A bevel gear 47 is attached to the lower end of the shaft 45 and this ear meshes with a bevel gear 48v secured preferably to the driving shaft 49 of the machine, said driving shaft being journaled to rotate in bearings 50 and 5l of the frames 1 andfll respectively.

By reason of the adjustments hereinbefore described, the position of the intermittent pinion 38 may be varied to conform to the angle of the varying positions of the revolving member 7. The revolving member 7 may be removed from the machine whenever it is desired to get at the parts of the machine therebeneath or to adjust said revolving member for different widths of strips and for other purposes by merely lifting the same from the annular track 21 and to facilitat this operation an elevating device has been provided preferably embodyjournaled to ing in its construction a vertical shaft 52 slidably arranged in one of the bed pieces, preferably the bed piece 4. V

This shaft has an arm 53 .which extends over the revolving member 7 and has swivel connection therewith through a revolving eye 54 mounted in said arm. A hook 55 is suspended from said eye and adapted to engage a second eye 56 connected with a yoke 57 secured to the upper end of the revolving member 7. The shaft 52 is preferably screw threaded at 58, which threads are engaged by a screw threaded nut or worm gear 59 rotatably arranged within a recess 60 be- Ill Ill

aaeaov mg 61 secured thereto, adapted to prevent an cab ' mounted upon separate axial movement of said worm gear.

A worm 62 is rotatably mounted on said bed piece in engagement with said worm gear, adapted to be rotated by a crank 63 w ereby a rotary movement may be imparted to the worm gear 59, ting to said shaft a vertical reciprocating movement in said bed piece to raise or lower the revolving member 7, The shaft 52 may also be rotated in its guiding members and also relatively to said worm gear when the revolving member has been raised far enough to clear the bed pieces 3 and 4 so that said revolving member may be swun om above said machine to one side thereo Disposed within the annular support 25 for the strips 13 are two sets of cutters 64 and 65. These cutters are preferably oppositely disposed so as to permit the strip contained in said revolving member to be first cut by one of said sets of cutters and the revolving member must then be revolved substantially 180 to bring said strip into a position to be operated upon by the other set of cutters.

As previously stated, the annular support 25 supports the strips 13 during the revolving of said strip holder but this annular support is interrupted at the points where the cutters operate upon the strips supported thereby, as shown at 66 and to support the strips at these points during the cutting are provided, the upper are preferably a distance edges of the cutters equal to the width of the portion that is to be severed from the strips 13.

The forms of the cutters employed in the present machine are substantially similar to those employed in other machines of a similar nature, each set embodying a bed cutter 68 adjustably secured to the beds 3 and 4 with their cutting edges 69 disposed at a predetermined distance above the upper surface of the gage 67.

Cotiperating with-the bed cutters 68 are two cutters which act as one, these cutters eing known to the art as a leader 70 and a logy cutter 71 having cutting edges 72 and 73 respectively which coiiperate with the cutting edge 69 of the bed cutter of the set. The cutting edges 72 and 73 of the leader and logy cutters remain in alinement with each other when said cutters are retracted prior to the cutting operation and the cutter formed by combining the cutting edges of the cutters 70-and 71 is long enough to cut a portion of the entire width of the strip which is being fed theret The cutters 70 and 71 of each set are slides 74 and 75 respectively. The slides 74 and 75 of the set of cutters 64 are arranged to'slide in, the

t ereof gages 67 surfaces of which below the cutting set of cutters 6 the cross frame the slides 7 4 and 75 of the 5 are arranged to slide in 6, likeslides of said sets each other and provided cross frame 5 and being opposed to w th beveled ends 76, 76. I

The beveled ends-76 of the two op osed slides 74 are adapted to be engaged y an actuator slide 77 while the beveled end 76 of the slide 75 is adapted to be engaged by an actuator slide 78. Both the slides 77 and 78 are guided between the cross frames 5 and 6, the upper ends of said actuator slides bein oppositely beveled at 79, 79 to engage the eveled end 76 of said slide, and these actuator slides are arranged to engage cams 80 and81 respectively secured to the shaft 49 which operates said actuator slides at the proper time in the operation of the machlne to force the cutters engaged thereby apart and thereby sever small sections from t e ends of the strips in the paths thereof.

A-spring 82 is connected with the slides 74 of the two sets of cutters 64 and to 'retractsaid slides when the cam 80 permits the actuator slide 77 to be lowered and a spring 83 connectsthe slides 75, 75 together to accomplish the same result in connection with these slides as is accomplished by the spring 82 upon the slides 74. The cutters and 71 are adjustably secured to their respective slides in an old and well known manner, permitting them to be adjusted to take up for wear due to the regrinding thereof and the same is true of the bed cutters 68.

The movements of said cutters 70 and 71 to sever a section from the strip in the path thereof necessitates the mounting of the gage 67 so that it also may move with said cutters. In carrying out this feature of the invention, said gage 67 is secured to one of the slides, preferably the slide of the logy cutter. This gage, however, is set close up to the cutting of said cutter 71, as

edge -1s shown in Figs. 4, and 8, thus supporting the strip until the cutting edge 73 of the cutter 71 and the cutting edge 72 of the cutter 70 engage said strips and severs a portion therefrom. It is particularly important that the strips 13 be positioned transversely of said strips rior to the severing of the section there rom and for this purpose a pair of grippers is provided for each set of cutters. Each pair of said rippers preferably includes a positive memer 84 and ayielding member 85.

By making one of these gripping members yieldable the jaws thereof will more readily conform to different widths of strips, the positive member being always placed adjacent to the end of the detached or severed portion of said strip corresponding to the head of the finished nail. The members 84 and 85 are preferably mounted adjacent to the slides 74 and 75 respectively, the member 84 being pivoted at 86 upon an angle late 87 which constitutes a guide for the sh e 7 4, said plate being secured to the cross frame upon which said slide is mounted, and this plate extends upwardly and over the top of said slide.

The member 84, which rests directly upon the plate 87, has a curved edge 88 adapted to be engaged by a pair of ad usting screws 89 and 90, said screws being mounted in plates 91 secured to the plate 87. The p1votal screw 86 passes through a slot 92 formed in the member 84, said slot extending longitud nally of said member and adapted to permit said member to move longitudinally on the plate 87 and during such movement the curved edge 88, engaging the screws 89 and 90, will causesaid member 84 to be rocked, whereby the end 93 of said member 84, which constitutes the work member thereof, will be moved toward and away from the strip 13 longitudinally of the member and at the same time in a substantially transverse direction.

The member 85 is pivotally connected by a screw 94 extending through a slot 95 with a plate 96 which constitutes a clamping plate, whereby the slide 75 may be secured to its supporting cross frame. A portion of the outer edge of the member 85 is curved at 97 and is adapted to be engaged by an adjusting screw 98 mounted in a plate 99 secured to the plate 96.

The screw 98 engages the rear portion of the member 85 while the forward portion thereof, which is straight at its outer edge,

' is adapted to be engaged by a spring 100 seecured to the plate 96 and this spring is adapted to yield when the work end 101 of the member 85 is closed against thestrip 13, thereby compensating for any variat on which might occur in the widths of strips fed to the cutters.

The members 84 and 85 are arranged to be reciprocated with their respective supports at the proper time in the operation of the machine to grip the strip 13. The means for accomplishing this result preferably includes levers 102 and 103 pivoted respectively upon the plates 87 and 96. The lever 102 is pivoted at 104 to the plate 87 and the upper end of said lever 102 is forked at 105 to receive a pin 106 on the member 84. The lower end of the lever 102 is provided with a laterally disposed pin 107 which is arranged to projmt in front of the slide 74 and when said slide is moved forward by the actuator slide 77, the lever 102 will be rocked therewith to retract the member 84, which movement is adapted to depress a spring 108 interposed between the rear end of the member 84 and a projection 109 of the plate 87,

The lever 103 is pivoted at 110 upon the late 96. This lever is also forked at 111 to moc a? receive a pin 112 mounted upon a slide 117 arranged to slide in guides 118, 118 preferably formed upon the frame 1. A reciprocatory motion is imparted to the slide 117 by leversl19 arranged respectively beneath said slides and pivotally supported by centering pins 120, 120 mounted in the side frames 1 and 2.

The levers 119 extend from-their respective centers toward each other over the driving shaft 49 and are adapted t-o be engaged at this point by a common actuating cam 121 secured to said shaft, which operates at predetermined periods in the operation of the machine to simultaneously actuate both of said dies. The dies 115 and 116 have cooperating gripping jaws 122 and 123 respectively, constructed of the proper size and shape to form the shank of the nail and during this forming operation to positively grip said nail and hold it during the heading operation.

As hereinbefore stated, each "movable cutter is made in two parts consistingof the leader and the logy cutter 71. The leader is considerably narrower than the logy cutter and engages the end of the strip whereon the head of the nail is to be formed. The purpose of forming this cutter in two parts is old and well known, it bein common practice to advance the leader substantially beyond the logy cutter so as to push the severed portion of the strip between the gripping jaws of the dies 115 and 116. To accomplish this result, the cam 80, which operates the leader cutter, has a much greater throw than the cam 81, which operates the logy cutter, although said cutters 70 and 71 are arranged to move together during the cutting operation and cut simultaneously against the bed cutter 6S. vIt is also necessary to provide a bearer, which is a well known device, for the purpose of maintaining the severed portion of the strip against the leader during its advance movement.

In the drawings, 124 represents a bearer which is a resilient arm secured to a sup ort 125 Iplaced at the rear of the machine. he wor end 126 of the bearer 124 is bent up wardly so as to engage the severed portion of the strip directly opposite to the leader cutter 70 and during the forward movement of said leader the portion of the strip so detached will be yieldingly held thereagainst until said strip has been inserted between the jaws of the dies 115 and 116 and positively gripped by said jaws, after which said bearer is adapted to be deflected, preferably by means of a bearer lever 127 pivoted at 128 upon a portion of the frame 2.

The lever 127 has a finger piece 129 which extends over the bearer 124 and the lever 127 is adapted to engage, at its opposite end, a cam 130 secured to a shaft 131 journaled to rotate in bearings 132, 132 preferably at the rear of the machine, said shaft being operatively connected with the driving shaft 49, preferably through a counter shaft 133 which is operatively connected by two sets of bevel gears 134 and 135.

The rocking of the lever 127 deflects the bearer 124 and disengages the work end 126 thereof from said severed portion of the strip and leaves the end previously engaged thereby free to be upset by the headin mechanism.- The heading mechanism pref erably embodies in its construction a heading tool 136 which is adjustably secured to a slide 137 arranged to reciprocate in suitable guides on the frame 2.

otion is imparted to said slide in one direction preferably by means of a cam 138 which is secured to the shaft 131. A spring 139 is adapted to engage said slide 137 and return the same to its normal position, after being acted upon by the cam 138. Upon the completion of the operations hereinbefore described, the dies 115 and 116 are separated sufliciently to release the nail which has been formed therein and as the opening of these dies takes place, a clearer 140 is operated to strip the nail from said dies in case it adheres to one or the other jaw of said dies.

The mechanism for accomplishing this re sult preferably embodies in its construction,

a palr of springs 141 and 142 mounted adja'cent to each other with the work end thereof positioned far enough apart to straddle the nail which is held in the jaws of the dies 115 and 116 and these springs 141 and 142 are adapted to be moved between the jaws of said dies by means of a lever 143 pivoted at 144 and adapted to be engaged by a pin 145 which, at the proper times in the operation of the machine, engages said lever and operates the same to force said spring against beveled surfaces 150 on said dies, and

tween said dies to wipe or strip the nail from either of the jaws of the diesto which it has adhered and cause the same to drop into a suitable receptacle placed therebeneath.

The pin 145 engages the levers 143, one of which operates the clearers 140 for the dies adjacent to the cutters 64 and the other operates the clearers for the dies of the cutters 65. This pin, however, operates said lever in but one direction, which direction is that in revolving member 7.

which the clearer springs are forced between the dies 115 and 116. To retract these springs a sprin 146 is provided which is inserted prefera ly between the springs 141 and 142'and bears against a separator 147 to which said springs 141 and 14-2'are secured. The strips 13 are held loosely in the slots 12 of the revolving member 7 resting upon the annular support 25, and as said revolving member is revolved said strips will slide along on said support 25 until they reach the interruptions 66, at which points the strips, during their advancing movements, will be supported upon the upper faces of the cutters 71 and 72 which project through said interruptions at this time. Upon the retraction of said cutters, the gages 67 will support said strips in the proper positions to be cut. s the strips are shortened by cutting the small portions from the lower ends thereof to form nails, other strips may be inserted in the slots resting upon the previous strips but when said previous strips have become so short that they will not be held within said slots or can not be held properly during the cutting operation, it is essential that these short sections beremoved before they arrive at the cutters so as not to clog the machine, and for this purpose the annular support 25 is provided with depressions 148 which are formed by forcing downwardly short sections of said annular support 25 sufficiently to permit the strip or strips as they pass therealong to move downwardly and out of the slots of the revolving member 7,

- upon said short sections will slide along the inclined surface of said depressions and out through a gap 149 formed between said annular rim and the ring 26. A depression of this kind will be formed in the annular rim in front of each of the cutters so as to displace any short sections of the strips before the revolving member is turned to bring the strip in that section in front of the cutters. p

"The general operation of the machine hereinbefore specifically described is as follows:

' The strips are placed in the slots of the revolving member and motion imparted to said revolving member by instrumentalities hereinbefore described which successively presenteach of said strips first to the set of cutters 64 and then to the cutters 65. When the strip has been moved to properly aline with the interruption 66 in the end of the support 25, the cutters and 71 are advanced to engage the strip 13 which is resting upon the gage 67 and these cutters, coiiperating with the stationary bed cutter, sever a section from the lower end of the strip, the sides of which severed section will inclined, owing to the inclination of the After the section has been severed from of said members said strip the leader cutter is advanced beyond the logy cutter 71 and the severed .sect1on of said strip will be forced against the bearer 124, and this bearer will be defiectedby the pressure of said leader and together they will support the severed section until the same has been inserted between the jaws of the dies 115 and 116, which jaws will then be operated to close upon saidsevered section and properly form the shank thereof, leaving a portion, which corresponds with the head of said strip, projecting there'beyond.

The bearer 126 is then deflected by the bearer lever suiiiciently to remove the same from the path of the heading tool 136 which is next advanced by its mechanism against the end of the severed strip and flattens the portion of the strip projecting beyond the die 115 to form the head of the nail.

The heading tool is next retracted and the dies 115 separated, and during this movement of said dies the clearers are advanced to wipe the nail from the jaws of said dies, permitting the sameto fall into a receptacle provided therefor.

After the leader cutter and the bearer 124 have deposited the nail of the severed portion of the strip between the jaws of the dies, said leader cutter will be withdrawn to a position even with the logy cutter and then both of said cutters are retracted to their initial positions ready to perform'the same operation on the next strip which is advanced thereto.

During the withdrawing of said cutters, as stated, the leader cutter travels a greater distance-than the logy cutter, due to the difference between the throw of the cam for said leader and that for said logy cutter. During the retracting of said cutters, the grippers,'including the positive member 84 and the yielding member 85, are advanced so as to engage the next strip which is presented to the cutter by the revolving member 7 by means of the springs 108 and 113 {LC-txing against said grippers respectively to slide said grippers on their pivotal members 86 and 94, and this movement causes said grippersto be rocked by reason of the curved edges 88 and 97 thereof engaging their respective screws, thus causing the work ends to be drawn together and retracted against the opposite edges of the strip, the yielding member 85 being permitted to yield to compensate for any variation in the width of the strip, while the positive member 8-1 positively locates the opposite edge of the strip the desired distance with respect to the dies 115 and 116, whereby a suflicient amount of the strip will project to form the head thereof.

The strip is now in a position to repeat the operation hereinbefore described, and after said cutters have engaged the strip, the

I lever 103, thus the grippers slides which carry said cutters engage the pins 107 and 113 respectively for the levers 102 and 103 and return the grippers to their inoperative positions.

To compensate for the difference in movement between the slide carrying the leader and that carrying the logy cutter the pivot 104 of the lever 102 is placed at a greater distance from the pm 107 and nearer the in 106 than is true of the pivot 110 of the will be moved an equal distance, whereas the slides which opcrate them do not move the same amount.

The operations cooperating with the other set of cutters to perform the operations just described are of the instrumentalities carried on in identically the same manner* as those of the first set, although the second set of cutters produces the cut on one side of the nail and the other set produces the cut on the opposite side of the nail.

The mechanisms and devices described in the foregoing specification are capable oi. performing the operations requisite to the carrying out of the objects of the invention, but it should be borne in mind that the invention is not necessarily limited to the specific adaptations hereinbefore shown and described but that numerous alterations of unessential details and mechanisms may be made without departing from. the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus specifically described my invention what I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is:

1. A machine for forming nails, brads and the like having, in combination, a revolving member adapted to hold a strip, two sets of cutters, means for revolving said member to successively present said strip to said cutters, and means to engage the end of said strip to supportthe same in said member during the revolving thereof, said strip supporting means having a depression formed therein constructed and arranged to produce a lim ited longitudinal movement of the strip during the revolving of said member to displace a strip of predetermined length from said revolving member.

2. A machine for forming nails, brads and the like having, in combination, a revolving '20 opposlte directions,

the like having,

member disposed to revolve about an axis strip,

member provided with 5 senting a intermittently revolving said member to successively present the strips contained therein to each of said sets of cutters, and means adapted to engage the ends of, and support 5-said strips during the revolving .of said member, said means being arranged toprovide a limited longitudinal movement of said strips between successive sets of cutters to displace stripsof predetermined lengths 10 from said slots.

4. A machine for forming nails, brads and the like having, in combination, a revolving cylindrical member providedwith a plurality of longitudinally disposed slots, each 15 adapted to contain and guide a strip, means for supporting said strips in said slots, two sets of cutters disposed respectively at opposite sides of said revolving member, means for simultaneously moving said cutters in and means constructed and arranged to intermittently revolve said cylindrical member to present the strips therein to each of said sets of cutters.

5. A machine for forming nails, brads and in combination, a revolving inclined at an angle to a vertical plane, said member having a plurality of longitudinally disposed slots each adapted to contain a a pair of oppositely disposed cutters, means for rotating said member to present the strips contained therein to said cutters, means for supporting the ends of said strips during the revolving of said member, and

5 means constructed and arranged to position the ends of said strips transversely and relatively to said cutters.

' machine for forming nails, brads and the like having, in combination, a revolving a plurality of slots each adapted to contain a strip, adjustable supporting means for said revolving member adapted to maintain the axis thereof at a predetermined angle relatively to the 4 vertical, means for supporting said strips in said revolving member, a pair of oppositely disposed cutters, means for intermittently revolving said member to present said strips alternately to said cutters, and means constructed and arranged to remove the severed portions of said strip.

7. A machine for forming nails, brads and the like having, in combination, two oppositely movable cutters, and means for prestrip first to one of said cutters in an inclined position relatively to said cutters and then to the other of said cutters in an opposite inclined position relatively to said cutters, whereby a symmetrically formed section may be severed from said strip.

8. A machine for forming nails, brads and the like having, in combination, a strip guiding member, a. stationary cutter, means adapted to support the lower end of said 5 strlp at a'predetermined distance below the cutting edge of said stationary cutter, a movable cutter adapted to coiiperate with said stationary cutter to sever a portion from said strip, means for transversely positioning the end of said strip relatively to sald cutters previous to the severing of said strip, means operated by said cutter during 'the forward movement thereof, adapted to retract said strip positioning means, and means 'for removing the severed portion of said strip.

9. A machine for forming nails, brads and the like having, in combination, two sets of oppositely disposed cutters each includin a stationary and a movable cutter, means or presenting cutters, slides adapted to support said movable cutters, said slides having beveled ends, an actuator slide arranged to move substantially at right angles to said cutter slides, said actuator slide having oppositely dis posed beveled faces adapted to respectively engage the beveled ends of said cutter slides, a cam adapted to operate said actuator slide to move said cutter slides in opposite direc tions, and a spring adapted to retract said cutter slides.

10. A machine for forming nails, brads and the like having, in combination, a revolving member having a plurality of slots arranged longitudinally thereof, ada ted to contain strips, an annular rim attac ed to said revolving member, adjustable supports adapted to engage said annular rim and permit the axis of said revolving member tobe inclined relatively to a vertical plane cutters disposed adjacent to the lower en of said revolving member, and means for intermittently revolving said member to successively present the strips contained therein to said cutters.

11. A machine and the like having, in combination, a revolving cylindrical member provided with a plurality of slots extending longitudinally thereof adapted to contain strips, the axis of said revolving member being disposed at an angle tov a vertical plane, means constructed and arranged to vary the angle of said axis with respect to said vertical plane, two oppositely disposed sets of cutters disposed adjacent to the lower end of said revolving member, means for simultaneously operating said cutters to sever the ends of said strips, and means for intermittently revolving said member to present successive strips contained within said member to said cutters.

12. A machine for forming nails, brads and the like having, in combination, a revolving member provided with a plurality of slots extending longitudinally thereof each adapted to contain a strip, means constructed and arranged to sever predetermined portions from said strips, and means for forming nails, brads ltd for bodily removing and a 1; said revolvin member.

13. n a nail in on machine, a strip cesses extending longitu r thereof, a second shell arranged outside of said first named shell and in eonm'ic relation thereto, means for securing said shells together,

a plurality of'separa ons detachably arranged Within said wh m-w adapted to separate the space between said inner and outer shells into a pi lw i of slots extending longitudinally of said shells, means for revolving said shells, and means for supporting a strip in each of said slots during the revolving of said shells.

15. A machine for to nails, brads 0 machine, a. revolv-- 'ing shell provided with a plurality of reand the like having, in combination, a revolving member adapted to guide a strip, oppositely disposed stationary cutters disposed in the ath of said strip, a pair of slides arrange to move in a common plane toward and from each other, adjacent ends of said slides being oppositely inclined, an actuator provided with oppositely inclined faces corresponding with the oppositely inclined ends of said slides, cutters carried by said slides, transversely of the direction of movement of said slides to simultaneously move said slides and their cutters toward said stationary cutters, and means for revolving said revolving member to successively present the strips carried thereby to said cutters.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. 1

WILLIAM H. JOHNSON,

Witnesses CHARLES S. Goonmc', SYDNEY E. TAFT.

means for moving said actuator 

